What does 2025 hold for rates, inflation and consumers?
Count us as two financial economists hoping only certain inflation measures fall slower than expected, and everyone’s ...
What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?
Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions ...
What the Fed’s slower 2025 rate cuts would mean for mortgage rates, savings, auto loans
The effects of the Fed’s half-point rate cut in September and its quarter-point cut in November have largely been passed through to auto loans, which fell on average from a peak of 7.3% in July to 6.8 ...
How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbers
U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech ...
Hosted on MSN37m
A tale of two economies: 2024 financial year in review
Although economists predicted 2024 could bring economic relief, many middle-class Americans continued to struggle ...
US applications for unemployment benefits hold steady, but continuing claims rise to 3-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims ...